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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Slide
Presto
Classical
Concerto
2. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Sextet
Grandioso
Quadrille
Oratorio
3. A short light musical drama.
Operetta
Leitmotif
Classical
Sequence
4. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Ornaments
Cantabile
Trill
Parody
5. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Energico
Slide
Rhythm
Glissando
6. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Temperament
Flat
Classical
Key signature
7. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Scale
Treble
Classical
Rhythm
8. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Minuet
Flat
Tone
9. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Galliard
Tuning
Sonata form
Time Signature
10. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Chant
Vibrato
Cadenza
Glee
11. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Cantabile
Gregorian Chant
Clavier
12. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Clef
Intermezzo
Sonatina
13. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Duet
Register
Neoclassical
Suite
14. Lowest female singing voice.
Theme
Baroque
Tritone
Contralto
15. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Tonic
Movement
Contralto
Expressionism
16. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Fourth
Exposition
Elegy
Interpretation
17. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantabile
Neoclassical
Oratorio
Scherzo
18. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Madrigal
Notation
String Quartet
Relative pitch
19. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Modes
Leitmotif
Minor
Adagio
20. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Polytonality
Opus
Beat
Natural
21. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Major
Chorale
Verismo
Leitmotif
22. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Castrato
Polytonality
Development
Triple time
23. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Tone
Gregorian Chant
Carol
Tessitura
24. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Tone less
Beat
Ligature
Interval
25. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Septet
Cadenza
Soprano
Forte
26. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Rubato
Portamento
Interlude
Orchestra
27. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Castrato
Notation
Deceptive cadence
Conductor
28. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Impromptu
Monotone
Musette
Prelude
29. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Presto
Oratorio
Refrain
Gavotte
30. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Scherzo
Castrato
Tritone
Da Capo
31. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Sonata form
Rococo
Triad
Dissonance
32. The highest female voice.
Soprano
Cadenza
Dissonance
Development
33. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Expressionism
Cantabile
Castrato
March
34. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Scherzo
Medley
Impromptu
Monotone
35. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Oratorio
Interval
Recital
Twelve-tone music
36. The movement of chords in succession.
Suite
Progression
Trill
Cadenza
37. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Etude
Minor
Measure
Pizzicato
38. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Flat
Monotone
Chamber music
Rhythm
39. Pertains to tone or tones.
Conductor
Tonal
Requiem
Contralto
40. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Staff
Deceptive cadence
Rigaudon
Rococo
41. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Temperament
Sonata
Polyphony
Rondo
42. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Carol
Quintet
Cavatina
Recitative
43. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Ornaments
Leading note
Phrase
Concert master
44. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Piano
Development
Resonance
Rigaudon
45. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Sonata form
Baroque
Cadenza
Monotone
46. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Prelude
Pastoral
Tablature
Reprise
47. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Counterpoint
Recital
Tonic
Instrumentation
48. The first violin in an orchestra.
Energico
Whole note
Oratorio
Concert master
49. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Encore
Tone less
Orchestra
Temperament
50. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Castrato
Dynamics
Capriccio
Refrain